Michael Connors, CSC
Associate Professor of the Practice, Emeritus

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- 234 Malloy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556-4619 - Phone
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- mconnors@nd.edu
Biography
A Holy Cross priest, Fr. Connors hails from the Chicago area. As a pastoral/practical theologian and homiletician, his interests range over the variety of practices that make up the Christian Church.
Research Interests
Homiletics, Pastoral/Practical Theology, Inculturation
Selected Publications
Monograph: Preaching for Discipleship: Preparing Homilies for Christian Initiation. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2017.
Monograph: Inculturated Pastoral Planning: the U.S. Hispanic Experience. Rome: Pontifical Gregorian University, 2001.
Edited volume: We Preach Christ Crucified. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2014.
Edited volume: To All the World: Preaching and the New Evangelization. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2016.
Edited volume: What We Have Heard and Seen: Fostering Baptismal Witness in the World. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock/Pickwick Publications, 2017.
Edited volume: Effective Preaching: Bringing People into an Encounter with God. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2019.
Edited volume: Preaching as Spiritual Leadership: Guiding the Faithful as Mystic and Mystagogue. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2021.
Education
- Th.D. Regis College, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto